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I actually think the republicans realize, if they boggle, if thet bungle this, if they drop the ball when it comes to kavanaugh there will be a meltdown in i november. i think these republican senators understand, this is the time to stick together, keep your promise, and get it done or the republicans will have a revolt. >> laura: the base will be in revolt. they said it on my radio show. they said it to us in tweets. if the republicans cannot get bondi, a bush guy, who is about as middle-of-the-road as a juror, fair, respected, then who will they get through? he was the consensus pick for re...

Said in your opener. that has all become intertwined. you have republicans around this country that are distrustful of what their party will do when it comes to a fight. i agree with you, they are standing firm, chuck grassley, mitch mcconnell, they are doing the right thing. i actually think the republicans realize, if they boggle, if they bungled us, if they dropped the ball when it comes to kavanaugh, there will be a meltdown in november. i think these are public and senators understand, this is the time to stick together, keep your promise, and get it done, or the republicans will have a r...

The right wing of the republican party. and the governor is facing political challenges of his own. the thinking is he might be someone how is more of a consensus pick, john kyle or john shad i go, matt salmon, or potentially someone pushed by the business community who is lesser known like the state treasurer, a woman who would be more of a diversity pick. we know they want to act quickly but also look respectful to the legacy of john mccain. and as joe biden said last week, we may no of the see his like again. so a very difficult decision for the governor, brooke. >> let me ask you, as of co...

Satisfactory to those two key senators? >> it's so hard for him to navigate. jeff, you mentioned that he's got a paper trail. he also has a television trail. he was on cnn back in the day in 2000. a great show called "burden of proof." watch what he said. >> i think presidents can pack the court, but it takes a lot of political capital and willpower to do it, and most presidents don't want to expend a lot of political capital on a bloody supreme court nomination. we've seen that time and again. the consensus pick turns out to be more moderate. >> not so much. >> yeah, not so much is right. i t...

Not be distracted by ongoing criminal investigations and i think that ought to be of great concern to senators, not just like susan collins, but jeff flake. >> democrats can do this alone. they really do need to take jennifer ruben's advice and bring over what john meacham would describe as republicans listening to their better angels. >> right. >> do you have any insight into where that process is to recruit republicans on this question around the mueller probe? >> i don't have any insight specifically to the process, but i think the democratic argument should focus on the fact this should be...